No make up, no retouching.

Girls, you don't need make up to look fantastic. Photographers, you don't need to retouch to get nice photos. If you're really concerned just overexpose a little bit.

P.S - It helps when the subject is really pretty sans makeup.

Moonlight

I thought I'd just post this quickly as a reminder to myself - and anybody unlucky enough to be reading this - that you are only limited by your creativity; don't let a lack of gear stop you from taking an interesting shot.

Anyways. I had been staying at my parents house, it was 11pm and the moon was very bright so I figured I'd do some long exposures. Unfortunately I didn't have a tripod handy so I ended up proping my camera up on a brick wall. I think it turned out okay, although I would have liked for the stars to show up a little brighter. Maybe one day I'll photoshop it some.

Abstract

I'm kind of getting interested in patterns, and abstract geometrical stuff, it almost always looks better in black and white.
This was harder to get right than you'd think. It was late in the day and I didn't want to have any shadows or anything.  I wish I had a macro lens.

Landscape and still life

I went for a bit of a wander around my parents house the other day. Some of this will look familiar but I've taken this with much better gear and hopefully a little more understanding about composition etc.

Shot of the day.

50mm

 Got a new lens. It's surprisngly sharp at f/2.0

Shakes again.

 The metro has the most godawful lighting I've ever encountered. Black and white is pretty much the only option.  Got a couple of good shots, I only really like the first two though.